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The Better Angels is a 2014 American biographical historical drama film about United States President Abraham Lincoln 's formative years. It was written and directed by A. J. Edwards and produced by Terrence Malick . The film had its premiere at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2014. [1] It was subsequently screened in the Panorama ...
Nov 7, 2014 · The Better Angels: Directed by A.J. Edwards. With Jason Clarke, Diane Kruger, Brit Marling, Wes Bentley. The story of Abraham Lincoln's childhood in the harsh wilderness of Indiana and the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him for ever and the two women who guided him to immortality.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- A.J. Edwards
- 2014-11-07
Nov 7, 2014 · To tell you the truth, “The Better Angels,” as pictorially beautiful and emotionally evocative as it is, is so bereft of conventional narrative momentum that you have to consider it a miracle it got made. While its simulation of a pocket of past life is appropriately austere, and very beautiful, its story sense is such that it makes Bresson ...
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Nov 7, 2014 · The Better Angels PG Released Nov 7, 2014 1h 35m History Drama Biography List 45% Tomatometer 49 Reviews 43% Audience Score 500+ Ratings Abraham Lincoln's childhood in the harsh wilderness, and ...
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- A.J. Edwards
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- Jason Clarke
Nov 6, 2014 · The Better Angels. Directed by A.J. Edwards. Biography, Drama, History. PG. 1h 35m. By Manohla Dargis. Nov. 6, 2014. The story of Abraham Lincoln’s childhood, “The Better Angels,” is also a ...
- A.J. Edwards
Nov 7, 2014 · Philadelphia Inquirer. Nov 21, 2014. Directed by Terrence Malick's editor and protégé, A.J. Edwards, The Better Angels abounds with Malick-ian moments: upward-pointing cameras capturing bodies wheeling through fields, plaintive voice-overs punctuated by Jew's harp and birdsong, a tendency to drift toward the sky and its moody tableau of clouds.
The Better Angels directed by A.J. Edwards. Watch the trailer, learn more and read about American Film Institute alumni.